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Boris Johnson Urges Christmas Care Amid Record Covid Cases
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December 24, 2021
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1:14Now PlayingBoris Johnson urged Britons to take care at Christmas, as he considers whether to tighten pandemic regulations next week amid a record surge in Covid-19 cases fueled by the fast-spreading omicron variant.
A total of 119,789 new Covid-19 cases were logged on Thursday, according to data published on the government’s coronavirus dashboard. That’s more than double the rate seen at the start of the month, and an increase of more than 10,000 on Wednesday’s caseload -- which had also been a daily record.
Johnson has already introduced new light-touch restrictions to try to limit the spread of omicron. The prime minister has said he won’t do more before Christmas, but has warned further measures are possible after the holiday. Doing so would likely anger rebels in his ruling Conservative Party.
“We must test ourselves and take extra care when meeting elderly or vulnerable relatives,” Johnson said Friday in his Christmas message to the nation, in which he also urged people to get their vaccine boosters. “We know that things remain difficult.”
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